Windows 8 articles

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  Microsoft outlines unique Windows 8 app name requirement for Windows Store developers

  By Tom Warren on February 14, 2012 01:09 pm + 10 comments

  Microsoft revealed some additional details about its Windows Store certification process this week. Continue reading…

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  Windows flag switches to Metro style for a 'reimagined' Windows 8

  By Tom Warren on February 14, 2012 06:12 am + 216 comments

  Microsoft is preparing to change the style of its famous Windows flag for the next version of its Continue reading…

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  Mozilla planning a Windows 8 Metro version of Firefox

  By Tom Warren on February 13, 2012 11:42 am + 61 comments

  Mozilla revealed this week that it plans to create a Metro style version of Firefox for Windows 8. Continue reading…

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  Microsoft was running Windows on ARM two years ago

  By Sean Hollister on February 12, 2012 09:31 am + 45 comments

  Microsoft's attempts to port Windows to ARM began earlier than we thought: over two years ago, the Continue reading…

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  Windows 8 ARM edition will include built-in Office apps and access to the traditional desktop mode

  By Tom Warren on February 9, 2012 01:12 pm + 219 comments

  Microsoft revealed today that Windows on ARM (WOA) PCs are still under development, but that PC Continue reading…

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  Microsoft to launch Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' on February 29th

  By Tom Warren on February 8, 2012 01:09 pm + 102 comments

  Microsoft revealed today that it plans to launch the highly anticipated "Consumer Preview" version Continue reading…

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  Windows 8 Media Center unchanged from previous version, may not make it into upcoming 'Consumer Preview'

  By Tom Warren on February 8, 2012 10:03 am + 61 comments

  It's unclear if Microsoft will include Media Center in the "Consumer Preview" version of Windows 8. Continue reading…

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  First Windows 8 'Consumer Preview' preinstalled apps revealed

  By Tom Warren on February 8, 2012 09:22 am + 139 comments

  Microsoft's Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" is nearing release and the company is putting the finishing Continue reading…

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  Windows 8 power management will 'focus on the foreground'

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 7, 2012 07:59 pm + 102 comments

  In the latest blog in Microsoft's excellent series on Windows 8 development, the company goes into Continue reading…

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  Exclusive: First Windows Store games for Windows 8 revealed

  By Tom Warren on February 7, 2012 08:57 am + 142 comments

  Microsoft is readying its Windows Store for a public preview and the "Consumer Preview" version of Continue reading…